April Anderson and the couple’s four kids were traveling U.S. Highway 50 on their way to Carson City to meet the assemblyman and participate in the opening ceremony for the Nevada Legislature on Monday.
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, who said Friday he hasn’t made up his mind about playing in 2015, could decide as early as this week that he is returning for an 18th season, according to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen.
The NFL is investigating the Atlanta Falcons’ use of artificial crowd noise in the Georgia Dome over the past two seasons, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Box office juggernaut held the top spot at U.S. and Canadian box offices over the weekend with $31.9 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates.
Smith, D-Sparks, didn’t reveal any details about her health, but asked for privacy while she determines how serious her medical condition is.
He ventured to Syria to tell the stories of lives torn apart by war.
The Las Vegas man was trying to cross Boulder Highway at Gibson road when he was hit about 8:30 p.m. Saturday by a two-door passenger car traveling southbound, Henderson spokesman Keith Paul wrote in a release Sunday morning.
It’s finally here. Grab a drink, head to the couch and join us for your 2015 Super Bowl drinking game. Don’t drink and drive.
The toddler used a 9 mm handgun that he pulled out of the woman’s purse while searching for an iPad, police in New Mexico said on Sunday.
Some Road Warrior readers’ best ideas to untangle traffic in our valley are low on the priority list, but not because they’re bad ideas — they’re too expensive or legally complicated by issues of access and ownership.
All roads were reopened when the man was taken into custody about 8:45 a.m., Liberty said.
The earthen berm designed to shift floodwaters away from the Rainbow subdivision on Mount Charleston is essentially done.
The hottest rumor on the Strip? Which local billionaire is in serious discussions about building a major arena to compete with MGM Resorts/AEG’s $350 million, 20,000-seat project?
It seems Sandoval is prepared to gamble much of his political capital on a plan to drag Nevada into the future after 150 years of modest goals, tight spending and reliance on gaming and tourism to provide the basic needs of hardy Nevadans and a school system whose graduation rate is one of the worst in the nation.
Gordon Miles, president of Americana Holdings, which includes Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchises in Nevada and Arizona, has been named a director of the nonprofit Golden Rainbow. The nonprofit group provides housing, financial assistance and education to men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS in Southern Nevada.
Keith Thurman has a warning for his detractors who thought he had slipped a little in his last fight — don’t believe everything you see.
Lincoln County’s Derek Shumway came into Saturday’s basketball game in a bit of a slump, according to his coach, Matt Cameron.
The sports books throughout the Las Vegas Valley will be packed today for the Super Bowl. The buzz already had begun by Saturday, especially on the Strip.
The domestic energy boom — fossil fuels, not renewables — is largely responsible for the country’s economic growth. As he does with so many issues, President Barack Obama wants it both ways. He takes credit for increased energy production on private lands — the administration couldn’t tout recovery otherwise — yet he does all he can to close off exploration on public lands that hold massive amounts of oil and natural gas.
Republicans elected in November’s GOP landslide believe they have a mandate. But the nature of that mandate depends on which Republican you’re talking to.
And once more, we’re underway, cruising the Bermuda Triangle aboard the Flying Dutchman, sailing into a red sun on a ship running wild with black cats, broken mirrors and untossed spilt salt.
As our state continues to slowly recover from the Great Recession, many Nevada working families have one main goal: To make up lost economic ground and return their families to secure financial footing.
The most powerful people in local government are not elected officials.
Enraged by political maneuvering that resulted in moderate Republican John Hambrick being elected speaker-designate of the state Assembly, Nevada conservatives are preparing a recall petition to kick Hambrick out of office.
The Nevada Legislature convenes Monday to start work on an agenda that could change the state forever. Education, labor and pension overhauls. Tort reform. A UNLV medical school. Those policy ideas, proposed tax increases and Gov. Brian Sandoval’s ambitious budget will consume much of the 2015 session.
Whatever you believe about the process from which new members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame emerge at this time each year, rarely do those selected draw negative reactions. It’s almost always a deserving group in its entirety.